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[PrimeTime]

Could Hays be getting back on track? That would be huge for this lineup.

[fishteacher]

Pour it on! F CANADA!!!!!!!

[CantonJester]

Baumann coming in to close it out. 

[jamesdean]

Could Hays be getting back on track? That would be huge for this lineup.

Sure hope so.  It would be a damn shame to end another year like 2022. 

[CantonJester]

Nice 3rd strike pitch to turn Chapman back towards the dugout. 

[jamesdean]

We all have our preferences, all good. I missed the Olson games, had to listen on radio or watch on mute those games. Wonder if he'll be back this year?

I hope so.  He was excellent...just as solid as Ben.  Hopefully, you'll get a chance to hear him. 

[Mike B]

The good guys keep getting it done.

[85Knight]

Nice win. 3 out of 4 ain't bad.

[hallas]

I'm sure that Flaherty is going to show some warts here and there - if he had none he wouldn't be available for Prieto, Rom, and Showalter.  But he has a much higher ceiling than I expected.  FB velocity was higher than his season average, and his breaking stuff is probably the best on the club.  Early in the game he was missing glove-side pretty consistently, but it seems like the coaches/Flaherty figured out how to fix it because it wasn't a problem the rest of the game.

 

If he can keep this fastball velo for the rest of the season then this is a better pickup than I initially thought.

[weird-O]

I wasn't able to watch the game, but I saw the box, and Flaherty had a real nice debut for his new team. That helps

[CantonJester]

I'm sure that Flaherty is going to show some warts here and there - if he had none he wouldn't be available for Prieto, Rom, and Showalter.  But he has a much higher ceiling than I expected.  FB velocity was higher than his season average, and his breaking stuff is probably the best on the club.  Early in the game he was missing glove-side pretty consistently, but it seems like the coaches/Flaherty figured out how to fix it because it wasn't a problem the rest of the game.

 

If he can keep this fastball velo for the rest of the season then this is a better pickup than I initially thought.

 

 

I wasn't able to watch the game, but I saw the box, and Flaherty had a real nice debut for his new team. That helps

 

 

What I liked was how easy it seemed to be for Flaherty / Rutschman to become a solid battery right out of the gate. 

[BSLSteveBirrer]

1. 3 out of 4

2. Mountcastle hotter than hell

3. Hays has an awesome day

4. Flaherty with a superb outing.

 

and maybe best of all

 

5. Cowser got his first real ML extra base hit. Cmon kid turn it on.

[russsnyder]

So much good stuff:

Flaherty with the stellar debut.

Solid job by the BP.

Mountcastle continues to make the Blue Jays pitching staff his collective bitch.

Hays breaks out with four hits.

Cowser hits a ringing double. ( Way to go champ.)

Nice bounce back after a flat loss

[85Knight]

This is a really good team. There's no denying that despite our flaws. They really can win it all.

[PrimeTime]

The bullpen ERA for this series was 0.87 and that happened on back to back HBP. Baseball...am I right?

[dude]

Echo all comments above.

 

What a solid win.  Good to cruise this one out to the series win.

 

Jays have a really good team but their body language today sucked.  They looked owned and the only blemish is basically one disastrous inning yesterday.

[mdrunning]

I caught parts of the game on radio today, and when Flaherty got into that pickle in the sixth, he then struck out Chapman on a knuckle curve. I can't remember the last Oriole pitcher who even had that pitch since Mussina.

[Slidemaster]

Was working during the game, but glad to see Flaherty have a great outing.

Glad we took 3/4 from Toronto. Should have been a sweep had it not been for the implosion of Mt. Fuji.

[CantonJester]

Was working during the game, but glad to see Flaherty have a great outing.

Glad we took 3/4 from Toronto. Should have been a sweep had it not been for the implosion of Mt. Fuji.

 

Flaherty's performance today was awesome. He demonstrated a mastery for several innings - where the lineup he faced was inconsequential.

 

More of that. 

[jamesdean]

Flaherty's performance today was awesome. He demonstrated a mastery for several innings - where the lineup he faced was inconsequential.

 

More of that. 

I caught a few innings of him on the mound and what impressed me was how his breaking stuff just fell off a table.  He had Blue Jays hitters tied up in knots when he threw it.  Easily the best breaking stuff on the team already.  It just had a different bite to it.